REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY DEPARTMENT INTER-SERVICE DEPOT MAINTENANCE.

SEC. 358. [10 U.S.C. 2460 note] REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY DEPARTMENT INTER-SERVICE DEPOT MAINTENANCE. (a) Joint Process for Technical Compliance and Quality Control.—If the Secretary of a military department transfers any maintenance action on a platform to a depot under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of another military department, the two Secretaries shall develop and implement a process to ensure the technical compliance and quality control for the work performed. (b) Requirements.—A process developed under subsection (a) shall include the following requirements— (1) The Secretary of the military department with jurisdiction over the depot to which the maintenance action is transferred shall— (A) ensure that the technical specifications, requirements, and standards for work to be performed are provided to such action or depot; and (B) implement procedures to ensure that completed work complies with such specifications, requirements and standards. (2) The Secretary who transfers the maintenance activity or depot shall ensure that— (A) the technical specifications and requirements are clearly understood; and (B) the work performed is completed to the technical specifications, requirements, and standards prescribed under paragraph (1), and that the Secretary of the military department with jurisdiction over the depot is informed of any shortcoming or discrepancy. (c) Reports.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a certification that sufficient policy and procedures are in place to ensure quality control when the depot or maintenance activities of one military department support another. The report shall include a description of known shortfalls in existing policies and procedures and actions the Department of Defense is taking to address such shortfalls.